TY - JOUR
T1 - House calls and the ACGME competencies
AU - Hayashi, Jennifer
AU - Christmas, Colleen
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank Drs. Bruce Leff and Roy C. Ziegelstein for their critical review of this manuscript, and Eileen Bolcer for her invaluable assistance in collecting the resident survey data. Dr. Hayashi and Dr. Christmas are both supported by a grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Faculty Development to Advance Geriatric Education Programs at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Christmas is a Miller-Coulson Family Scholar. Neither author has commercial support from any source, and there are no conflicts of interest. Both authors contributed to this work throughout all stages of concept development, literature review, and manuscript preparation, and had full access to all original data in the study.
PY - 2009/4
Y1 - 2009/4
N2 - Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) "core competencies" (patient care, medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning, and systems-based practice) are challenging to achieve in today's complex, high-acuity, hospital-based setting. House calls provide unique clinical exposure to opportunities for learning the ACGME competencies in a single integrated experience. We review the medical literature on the educational value of house calls and describe a pilot questionnaire of housestaff perceptions of the value of house calls in addressing all of the competencies. Description: Focused literature review and questionnaire. Evaluation: A substantial body of literature supports our hypothesis that house calls expose residents to all of the ACGME competency domains. Residents actively engaged in house call training perceive that their experiences allow them to fulfill all of the ACGME competencies. Conclusion: House calls provide an ideal and highly valued opportunity for internal medicine residents to learn the ACGME competencies.
AB - Background: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) "core competencies" (patient care, medical knowledge, interpersonal and communication skills, practice-based learning, and systems-based practice) are challenging to achieve in today's complex, high-acuity, hospital-based setting. House calls provide unique clinical exposure to opportunities for learning the ACGME competencies in a single integrated experience. We review the medical literature on the educational value of house calls and describe a pilot questionnaire of housestaff perceptions of the value of house calls in addressing all of the competencies. Description: Focused literature review and questionnaire. Evaluation: A substantial body of literature supports our hypothesis that house calls expose residents to all of the ACGME competency domains. Residents actively engaged in house call training perceive that their experiences allow them to fulfill all of the ACGME competencies. Conclusion: House calls provide an ideal and highly valued opportunity for internal medicine residents to learn the ACGME competencies.
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U2 - 10.1080/10401330902791115
DO - 10.1080/10401330902791115
M3 - Article
C2 - 19330693
AN - SCOPUS:70449586892
SN - 1040-1334
VL - 21
SP - 140
EP - 147
JO - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
JF - Teaching and Learning in Medicine
IS - 2
ER -